Some immunological parameters in workers occupationally exposed to n-hexane

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-58

  Karakaya, A ^a   Yucesoy B ^a   Burgaz, S ^b   Sabir, H U ^c   Karakaya, A E ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Natl Inst Occup Safety and Hlth   (Turkey)

Author keywords

2,5 hexanedione; immunology; industrial solvents; n hexane; urine

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEXANES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030071833     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719601500110     Document Type: Article

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